Why do some people seem to get everything they want, while others struggle just to make ends meet? In other words, why are some people so rich and others so poor? Why are so many peoples’ potentials not developed?
And then it hit me…
What???
Yes! I now understand the reason why so many people loose their ability to achieve success.
Why?
Because they stopped asking questions, I mean the right and vital questions of life.
I must confess that this realization hit me so hard and I swore right then that I shall never in my life live a day without it.
Now look at it this way; through out our schooling days (from elementary through the university) we have been answering academic questions inorder to pass our examination with good grades and attain academic excellence.
True or false?
Good, you are with me.
Have ever considered the importance of asking questions?
Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Why am I born into this family? Why did my parents choose that school for me? What would I do to achieve my desired goals? Why did kanu left arsenal? How can I change my attitude? How can I find the courage to ask that girl or boy out? Where can I find solution to my headache problem? How do I ask the right question at the right time? Who can I turn to for advice over my relationship problem? Why did I choose play football rather that basketball? How did the rich get so rich? Why are some people poor? How can I answer the questions that really matter? How should I live my life? What is integrity? What is truth? What is enlightenment? What is my original nature? Is there something beyond the mind? Is there something beyond my own thoughts and concepts? How have I been conditioned by life? What forces are responsible for the things that I believe and the manner in which I view life? E.t.c
So have you ever wondered why you hadn’t long ago realized that asking the right question is the bedrock upon which success grow? Many a person has unconsciously been using this ancient truth over and over but has no idea that asking questions could have changed their lives for good if only they had realized the power therein. Asking questions gives you the ability to think, to search deep for answers, to go all out in search of solutions. It builds sound mental intelligence.
It is so sad today that so many people just live their lives without realizing this basic truth.
Let me make it clearer here.
It is no secret that questions are the bedrock or foundation upon which learning and success are achieved. People become poor because they refuse to question certain situations in their lives and therefore the desire to seek answers for change remains weak. They remain perpetually ignorant of the actions that they can take inoder to change their lives. One more simple truth is this ‘without asking the right questions, plans cannot be made.’
The real difference between the rich and the poor is just in the use of questions. The rich questions a lot of things about themselves, their environments, their relationships, belief, businesses e.t.c. The poor man resigns himself to fate that that is how God created him to be. He accepts the poverty state in which he was born into. Because he never ask vital life questions, he never dares to dream of great things. The man who will come out of poverty no matter the background of his birth will always challenge his state by asking questions such as how do I get out of poverty? What am I passionate about that could be of service to people? Where do I get a mentor to guide me in my quest? What services can I offer my community? ETC.
Being inquisitive (i.e. asking questions) is inherent to long-term success. We must constantly be asking ourselves the right questions. We must persistently be questioning processes that we use everyday of our lives. We must as a matter of fact always question whether or not products can be improved.
‘Questioning is what produces new answers, which leads us to break new ground.’
I repeat again ‘Questioning is what produces new answers, which leads us to break new ground.’
What to do?
Commit yourself to asking lots and lots of questions. At first, do not bother to consider whether it the right question. You can begin to do this by going through the basics which are; who? What? When? Where? Why? and how?
So, as you live your life, get yourself asking lots of questions. People will sometimes wonder if you are crazy or a troublemaker, but only you will know that you are pursuing enlightenment, information, knowledge, and the wisdom that will take you far beyond those who choose to live as others tell them life shall be lived!
Challenge yourself this day with a lots of life’s vital questions.
Dare to ask!
I love you
Stephen D. Ibrahim
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